Then, one day a man in England designed a china pattern that tells the tale. We call it The Willow Pattern, symbolic of Koong-se and Chang's devotion and of the wonders of undying love.

The Willow Pattern is a by-product of this, designed in 1780 by Minton and intended to add a touch of Oriental magic to cheaper earthenware and thereby make it more widely available.

Q-I have a child`s tea set in the Blue Willow pattern, bought in 1946. The teapot has no mark, but the cups, saucers, plates and sugar and creamer are stamped ”Made in Japan” on the underside.

With the rise of newly formed clubs and more and more conventions, Blue Willow china has found new followers, or “Willowers,” as collectors call themselves. The original Willow pattern was ...

This so-called “Willow” or “Blue Willow” pattern began appearing on English ceramics around 1790. There are a number of variations that essentially tell the same pictorial story.

Blue willow pattern china–a design you’ve presumably seen at your grandmother’s house growing up, featuring a pagoda, a bridge with people crossing it, a willow tree, and a lattice fence ...

The river is filled with blue and white planting and the willow tree epitomises the poignancy of the Willow pattern story." Designers, Jenny Wisby, Sharon Kent and Hilary Odey.